Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Rosemary

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Jiang, Yang ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Fu, Yu Jie ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Luo, Meng ^a   Zhao, Chun Jian ^a   Zu, Yuan Gang ^a   Liu, Xiao Lei ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pinene; 1,8 Cineole; AFM; Antimicrobial activity; FCM; Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHRYSANTHENOL; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANYL ACETATE; HUMULENE; ISOPULEGOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TERPINENE; TERPINENE 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENONE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MINIMAL BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ROSMARINUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79957811560     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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